South Australian Consolidated Acts

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ACT 1986 - SECT 9

9—Delegation

        (1)         The Authority may delegate to an employee of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of this Act the exercise of any of the functions of the Authority under this Act other than—

            (a)         the exercise of the functions of the Authority under section 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 36 or 51; or

            (b)         this power of delegation.

        (2)         A delegation under this section—

            (a)         shall be in writing; and

            (b)         may be general or limited; and

            (c)         may be revoked, wholly or partly, by the Authority.

        (3)         A delegate is, in the exercise of a function delegated under this section, subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument of delegation.

        (4)         A function delegated under this section, when exercised by the delegate, shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Authority.

        (5)         A delegation under this section does not prevent the exercise of a function by the Authority.

        (6)         A function purporting to have been exercised by a delegate under this section shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly exercised by a delegate under this section.